Re: [Usability] Re: Standardizing Find and Replace windows

[Dan Zlotnikov <dzlotnik perpugilliam csclub uwaterloo ca>]

Alan, I was thinking more in the find dialogue itself, perhaps immediately
underneath the text box (but that can be adjusted, since outputting text
there is definitely not in accordance with the HIG)

Dan

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Alan Horkan wrote:

>
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Dan Zlotnikov wrote:
>
> > Okay, scenario: User is searching for an occurence of "car" somewhere
> > below the cursor. She clicks "find next" a few dozen times, discovers that
> > there is no match in the context she wants. The question is, what does she
> > do next:
> >
> > 1) She closes the dialogue and continues working. Nothing wrong there,
> > current proposal accomodates this.
> > 2) She wants to find that match regardless of where in the file it is
> > located. Maybe she just forgot it was above the cursor. She has to check
> > off the "wrap search" button, and then click "find next." Please note,
> > click, not hit "enter," since the selection has been moved from the
> > default button.
> >
> > If the search auto-wraps, on the other hand...
> >
> > 1) She finds no matches before the end of the file, sees a non-modal
> > message appear in the dialogue, saying something like "search wrapped to
> > beginning of file." She closes the dialogue and continues working, nothing
> > wrong there.
>
> I dont like the interruption of this message dialog, it is too intrusive
> but I do still need a clear indication of when the wrap has occured.
> If you are using Alt+F to find repeatedly rather than hitting return you
> have to move you hands to dismiss the message.
> At the same time I am not sure if only using a message in the status bar
> is clear enough.
>
> > 2) She wants that match, so she continues going through the file until she
> > finds the right match *above* the original cursor position. All she had
> > to do for this is keep hitting "enter."
>
> - Alan
>